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Certainly, sort out the distributor, then check the carb isn't worn, which can lead to air leaks around the spindle and so on. Have a read of @kws's Marina thread, he had issues with his HS6 iirc.

Try this Needle Comparison Chart | SU Carburetters This one talks about needle options for Minis with various carb setups, including single HS6 SU Carbs - Quick reference needle selection (for Minis) The EA71 is very short stroke, so BMC/BL long stroke stuff using single HS6 may not be much help, however the Austin Maxi 1500 and 1750, B-series 1600 and 1800, and O-series 1700 might give some ideas of needle options.

That's wicked, seriously jealous of your skill (and patience).

You're right, Shell SAE 40 oil. The poster of a guy on an electric guitar would date it at least late 60s, more likely 70s, looks more like Jimmy Page than Jimi Hendrix.

Not to mention those plastic fuel cans.

Sounds like you're setting yourself up for a beating from the audiophiles...

Cool. The vinyl on my Pye Isotronic has also suffered sun damage, mostly shrinkage on the corners, sounds like it wouldn't be too hard to replace?

That's an "O" for awesome.

Do it in RNZAF livery. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_in_New_Zealand_service

Good to see the Marina out and about. Will have to see if there's an Auckland branch of the MECCNZ. I wonder if the Ital was brought out by NZMC to evaluate for local assembly? Station wagons were big sellers back then, the Marina wagon was very popular, and they might have wanted to compare it to the forthcoming Honda Civic wagon, before deciding which one to assemble locally. iirc there was one in the British Car Museum selloff, so possibly that one.

And some of those "our family" stickers

Got to be in the right artistic movement

Leaf swap? Nissan Cube EV-02 | Auto Express

The front seats were designed to look like a bench seat.

I thought the same thing, then thought the Datsun name was long gone by then. Won't fall for that trick again. lol

Barra swap, practice your Gentleman Jum "you're a pack of arseholes" speech (in Japanese). 😉

You're crazy...

Nissan HR engine - Wikipedia HR12DDR [edit] Nissan HR12DDR The HR12DDR is a 1.2 L (1,198 cc) supercharged straight-3 engine, equipped with timing chain and direct injection. The engine dimensions are the same as for the HR12DE. It produces 72 kW (98 PS; 97 hp) and 143 N⋅m (105 lb⋅ft). Designed for small-car applications, this gasoline engine incorporates a variety of technologies to minimize CO2 emissions while providing practical levels of power output.[2][8] Some of the pertinent features are: Compression ratio of 13.0:1 Continuous Variable Valve Timing Control System (CVTCS) Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG) Miller cycle[9] Supercharged Variable capacity oil pump Hydrogen-free, diamond like carbon (DLC) coated valve lifters and piston rings Sodium filled exhaust valves High efficiency It is fitted to the following vehicles: 2010 Nissan Micra 2012 Nissan Note

Nice of Nissan to provide a compartment under the driver's seat for stashing things you don't want the plods to find.

That's some awfully good work there @CarolsHusband, I am somewhat jealous tbh.

Water pumps and front covers were discussed here. https://www.fastmarinamagazine.com/viewtopic.php?t=4754&sid=df092dcb2ba3041d363574413bd5e608&start=30 Iirc Rover P6b/MGB V8 and Disco 3.9 serpentine belt had the shortest front-ends. 4.0 and 4.6 have the Iceberg block with 4 bolt mains, strongest block iirc

Congratulations! That steering wheel isn't too dissimilar to the optional factory leather wheel

Our security guru says "If it's bad, they block, depends more on the Source and destination rather than the port, and most major RSP are now part of MFN (malware free networks) so share blocking info. If someone running OpenVPN to a home environment and it won't work, or trying to use OpenVPN out of an environment... if there's an OpenVPN Access Server they are running they can't connect to it's much more likely they need to review Port Forwarding at their perimeter device."

One of my colleagues did the Napier trip, in his late model Camaro, said it was a great weekend.

Same box in the Carry van, with a proper tailshaft housing iirc. Note that Suzuki changed the gearbox in 2005, so now it has a direct 5th rather than an overdrive 5th. Could still use it, but with a taller diff to compensate, just work backwards to get it to work with your tyres and performance desires (e.g. change a 3.9 diff to a 3.2 diff to get the same 14.2 overall ratio). (Marina ratios for old school comparison)